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Symbol for wavenumber in LaTeX?
Hi! I'm trying, without much success, to write the symbol for wavenumber in LaTeX. It's the Greek letter nu with a ~ over it. I tried "\~{\nu}", but that didn't work. I'm assuming this means nested \ aren't allowed. How do I get the character to show up... is it possible? Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Symbol for wavenumber in LaTeX?
You need the tilde as a mathematical accent.
The \unit command comes from the units package.
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\tilde{\nu}[\tilde{\nu}]=\unit{cm^{-1}}
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